Combined plow and seed-planter



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(M'odeL) J. SAPP 85 W H MANTZ. Combined Plow and Seed Planter. No. 234,616.

Patented Nov. 16, I880.

NVBNTOR (Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. SAPP 8v W.'H. MANTZ. Combined Plow and Seed Planter. No. 234,616. Patented Nov. 16, I880.

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JACOB SAPP AND WVILLIAM H. MANTZ, OF MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED PLOW AND SEED=PLANTER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,616, dated November 16, 1880.

Application filed July 30, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JACOB SAPP and WIL- LIAJI H. MANTZ, both of Mount Vernon, in the county of Jefferson and State of Illinois, have made certain new and useful Improvements Constituting an Interchangeable Plow and Seeder, of which the following is a full, clear, and accurate description, reference'being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the plow and,

seeder, part of the seeding device being in section; Fig. 2, a plan View; Fig. 3, a side view of the plow alone, the seeding attachments being removed; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the seed-hopper, chute, valve, and plate for attaching the parts to the'plow-beam; Fig. 5, a side view of the coverer detached from the plow-handles, and Fig. 6 a side view of the depth-regulating wheel and its connections for the plow-beam.

Our invention relates to a combined plow and seeder; and it consists in the construction and the combination of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and then specifically defined by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the landside of the plow; B, the

A point; (J, the mold-board, which is single and of the kind used for ordinary corn-plowing. D is the standard. E is the beam, and F are the handles. There is nothing novel in the construction of these parts as described, they being constructed and arranged as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, that way bein g well known to all plow-manufacturers.

The seeding attachments consist of a hopper, G, a chute, H, a sliding valve, I, resting upon a casting, X, provided with an opening corresponding to one in the valve and another in the chute. This casting is provided with a side plate or flange, T, having holes for bolts or screws to pass through for the purpose of securing the casting to the plow-beam. One end of the slide-valve is hinged to one end of a lever, K, the other end of the lever being similarly hinged to one arm of a bell-crank, L, the other arm of which is somewhat longer than the first and inclines downwardly and forwardly, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 4. This crank is designed to be journaled or piv- (Modeh) oted between its ends to the plow-beam, for a purpose hereinafter set forth.

The rear end of the sliding valve is provided with a horizontally-extending rod, S, which passes through the flange of a plate projecting from the rear of the casting X. A shoulder formed by the juncture of the slide and rod bears against the flange of the aforedescribed plate when pushed flush against it, while against the opposite face of the same flange there bears one end of a spring, It, which is coiled around the rod, the other end of the spring bearing against a pin passed through the rod near its end, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 4.. The function of the spring is to draw back the valve after it has been moved forward in the operation of dropping the seed into the chute H.

The hopper G and chute H are connected to the casting in any suitable way, and many ways will suggest themselves to the mind of an ordinary mechanic, one very good way being to screw the chute into the casting and to provide the lower part of the hopper with flanges which will fit around the casting.

WVe do not claim anything in the way of fastening the chute and hopper to the casting. It is necessary only that they should be connected to the casting. These parts, when constructed and connected together as described, are held to the plow-beam and supported in position by means of the plate or flange T of the casting and screws or bolts passed through the openings shown therein, whereby the parts are rendered exceedingly easy of attachment to and detachment from the plow-beam. The parts, when separated from the beam remain together, and therefore are not apt to get lost, and they retain their working relation one to another, so that no time is wasted in attach ing the pieces separately to the beam. hen the attachment is connected to the beam the chute projects down immediately behind the mold-board, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to drop the seed into the furrow formed by the plow.

The crank L being journaled between its ends, as shown in Fig. 1, to a pin projecting from a plate or clamp, M, (clearly shown in Fig. 3,) bolted to the top of the beam, the movement of the valve so as to regulate'the dropping of the seed or grain and the distance apart that it shall drop is controlled by pins 0, projecting circumferentially from the face of 'a wheel, N, and in the revolution of the wheel they strike the inclined arm of the crank and push it upward, thereby drawing the valve forward until the opening in it comes over the chute, when the seed or grain drops through the chute into the furrow. The combined operation can be clearly understood from an inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The distance apart that the grain shall drop may be determined and controlled by increasin g or diminishing the number of the pins 0, so that a greater or less number will strike the crank-arm in one revolution of the wheel.

The wheel N is journaled 011 an axle or shaft formed as a part of the plate P and projecting at right angles to the face thereof. The plate is slotted, and is held to the side of the beam by means of a bolt, Q, passed through the slot and a hole made in the beam. the bolt-nut and raising or lowering the plate the wheel is elevated or depressed, thereby controlling the depth that the plow shall cut and the grain be planted.

In rear of the mold-board O and chute H there is located a coverer, composed of a plate, V, and arms W, which are bolted to the handles of the plow so as to be readily detached therefrom, as is illustrated in Fig. 1. This coverer is designed to take the earth as it is thrown from the mold-board and direct it into the furrow, so as to cover the grain with light broken soil, while it will at the same time direct the stones and clods to one side of the furrow from off the grain. To that end the plate V is made with a slightly-concave face, and of a length sufficient to extend from, or nearly from, the outside edge of the mold-board to, or nearly to, the landside of the plow, thereby covering the furrow, and is positioned behind the mold -board so as to extend obliquely By loosening across the furrow. hen the coverer is so constructed and arranged the earth is received by it as it falls from the mold-board and is thrown upon and spread over the grain with a comparatively uniform thickness, and carries the stones and hard clods to the other side of the furrow from off the grain, leaving the latter covered only by mellow earth.

When the plow is to be used as a seeder the parts bear the relation one to another shown in Fig. 1, and when used only as a plow the attachments are removed, and the plow is as illustrated in Fig. 3.

The operation of the parts is apparentfrom the foregoing description.

ife do not claim any of the parts separately, nor do we claim, broadly, a mold-board, a seed-dropper to the rear of the mold-board, and a coverer back of the dropper but What we do claim is- 1. In a combined plow and seed-planter, the combination of mold-board O, a seed-dropper back of it, and a coverer, V, provided with a concave face extended obliquely across the furrow and arranged back of the mold-board, substantially as described, so as to receive a portion of the mellow earth direct from the mold-board and carry it into the furrow upon the seed, while the stones and clods are carried to the opposite side away from the row, as set forth. w

2. In a combined plow and seed-planter, the combination of the mold-board O and concave coverer V, arranged as described, with the wheel N, a seed-dropper between the coverer and mold-board, and connecting mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

J AGOB SAPP. \VILLIAM HENRY MANTZ.

WVitnesses H. H. SIMMoN, 0. B. WHITNEY. 

